| Show I 1 TUB ODDEST ARC TRIBES OP opp SAVAGES dabele koos as negritos of f A 11 habit abe Tk mt 11 1 ar an the h mcl 1 1 aral aad I 1 the th lan now that the philippine island islands akre in the hand of uncle sam it mccurl to tb tbs average american thai that ve us bars taken into our fold at least tempo tat barlly ily ono on of the race rated ot of the th earth regarding which but little Is I 1 known and ltd that little bowing showing that it la Is a people ai 88 ignorant lin orant as a ou nation Is advanced in to civilization for vor while white ma nila nil haa has a population competed composed ot of white whites largely them la Is a tat vast extent 0 of f surrounding rounding ur ln lea I 1 ot unexplored the few low travelers however who bare penetrated he tbs country give most in bertl ter ler tL t 9 of the natives PO peopling the distant mountain mountains and plains the th aranet strangest tr anet and mot most unique of the philippine race 1 11 the collect collection lon of tribe tribes called negrito Negri tos w which ta is the spanish for or negro that word meaning black thua denoting the tint ot of the persons to whom reference li to made when magellan discovered the lland islands in march starch 1621 these people composed compo aed a part ot of the population in what was wa called by bin him the lland island of bt st lazarea Laz arua hut put at present they bare have dwindled till there are but 2 as left lett the mainly residing in IL throop three to pro local and hiding biding themselves res aray a ray from contact with the in their wild maintain homes eusese Negri negrito tos or agtual aa as they are atau lieu called lire live pretty much the life they did hundred hundreds of at year yeats ago the approach of the spaniard they hare have kept up P a continual conj corm inual nual warfare to I 1 which strife la Is due their gradual decline deelite and the retention mention ut of their barbarous idea ideas and customs in appearance thee these people are ao so mall small as a to be properly denominated la U for they are aa as petite ai as the tribe of at bojman of africa standing only a little over tour four feet high blab they are brown aa as to complexion completion with rather good features fea turea broad flat notes woolly hair worn in a mop around the bead while their eyes have a yel yet low tint though some travelers tra Teler aay say they have good figure figures there are other ere who as abert ert that the Negri negritos tos form la Is bowel into nto ungainly curves the dress of the negrito Negri tos Is 1 not parisian Parit lan in style but la Is admirably adapted ti a warm climate consisting condit lne mainly of a sort of at fringe of plaited bark toro T oro around the walt while ine the brown okla ao 10 Is tattooed old aa as we find and all savage nation notions their manner of at smoking li Is to the end of the cigar between the teeth A peculiarity of the race la Is their wonderful dexterity with their tom being able with theme member members to perform u at ats commonly left to the handa hands being a wild people there is I 1 no attempt made at agriculture but they lire live on game fish which they are expert in spearing from their light ca noea noes honey in the forests wild fruits which brow grow abundantly in the tropics root roots cabbage and palm palms the dog la Is their only domestic dom ettic animal in the chase they are adepts in the use of the bow and arrow eirl girls being quite so proficient aa as the boya boys in thi this accomplishment ment their method of hunting la Is to poison the tbs tips of the arrow with a peculiar urt acce ce which induce induces a terrible thirst la the animal or person oun Jed and on drIn drinking klus death takes place the hunter butter then cut cuts immediately away the pol poisoned ned part so that the reet rest of 0 the meat will not be infected all effort efforts to civilize the negrito Negri tos bar so far proven futile and there ie is a good att attry ry told on a former bishop of manila who bad taken in charge and educated tor for the priesthood a young man of at the tribe growing reet rest lea less under restraint the man threw throw aalde aside ble clerical barb returned to hia his tribe in ili the moun mountain talas and out herod ed ad herod in his galas way hating holing no horses they wander about on toot camping in tn the foreste where game abound abounds and when they have made a good killing remaining on that spot till the meat to I 1 exhausted each tribe number numbers about itty silly people and is I 1 headed by a thief chief who la Is usually the oldest man in the party with no house to care tor for they simply gather about bout the fire around which they he lie at night in tn a circle with the head bead toward the flamm it is I 1 said that their spell la Is strangely like thai thil of chirping bird birds but that tact may be due to the foreigner a ignorance of at their tongue unlike moat roost barbarous bar barou roces each man has ha but one wife and their manner manners are remarkably chaste nhen hen a young man goca goes courting his hi girl the custom is for her to literally take fo 0 o the wood woods at aun alln rise 1 and remain there till unset sunset the hiding biding from hia his if it be la is killed skilled enough to capture the coy maiden she ah become becomes by thi this big hi wife of course it depend depends on the girl a own whether or not the he ball shall be found great rey crene Is I 1 paid by these people to their dead and it is I 1 their cus cu lorn too eat each h year to lay on the grave of a friend a bit of betel nut while the bow and arrow 0 of f a man are always burl burled e d with him the next inot most interesting race inhabiting ba the philippine is I 1 the malay nation known as who are nu na deroue live in the lowland lowlands on pile dwelling dwellings and are feml civilized being I 1 a numerous people and in intercourse with the while whiles go gowning the tbs island they are rather handsome in appearance with round hed bead low brow flat noes thice lip lips dark eye eyes and too complexion and possess a strangely tr angely accurate ene sense of mell smell their usual cos tume la Is a shirt worn wom on the outside of linen trouser trousers and a big sit hat lat they bare have mall small plantation plantations on an which are grown auch such crop crops as a rice tobacco ugar sugar coffee man manghes ma ngoe goes potatoe pot pota atoe and hemp the tbs latter staple being one of the tb large largest exports of at the island thee these gagau are a kind and gener ous ou race but mafe its fierce 30 ra they are very fond of at rich drea drets a 0 gaudy galady ornaments orn amenta and it to I 1 this thi tate belonging to life hi race raft which led agul naldo ta t decorate himself with gold sold m adais in tn truly barbaric style la in honor et of hi his elevation by his success in am arms huta huts are surrounded rounded ur by a rates V S bamboo stakes take and though game ct of I 1 searf te arf T J 1 its tt window are tu bloo INIA or r cf pearl instead ot of glass lu 11 hard bard to set the tb household furnishings are ir of the tb mod most primitive sorl ort ahw of mato which verve rr to floor cal coffing ri n I 1 anil and bl beds crockery crock try made by the lb wo men U atolli ut olli of stentor aiton or coco COCOA nut out shells of wicker work ud and PIAtt carved 1 of wood clota cloth botn oa on th the I 1 eat loom looms while hll the tb eon com Is 1 ground by by the women with the old mortar ind and pestle they are expert carpenters aad and also lio adepts at metal working these primitive popl people have many excellent proverbs amoni among them being the sayings don t filas a tone stone it nay aa fall on yo your or own bead 1 tell a lie it kod and flod glad a truth A monkey dressed up ta is but fc a mani key still answer by noL seass la in beating for fruit bt beat oot not ur tits tree tb the poor bar have no dune nurse wake wk not the sleeping tee plax |
